In re Olson

This is a proceeding brought by the Medical Director of the. Gowanda State Hospital, under the provisions of section 1374 of the Civil Practice Act for the appointment of a committee of the person and property of Fred Olson, an incompetent inmate of that hospital. The requirements of that section have been followed. The opposing affidavit of Thelma Olson Johnson, one of the next of kin of the incompetent, does not controvert the allegations of the petition.

It appears that Fred Olson was, on April 25, 1932, sentenced by the Chautauqua County Court after conviction of the crime of murder in the…